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TIL American literary icon Jack Kerouac grew up speaking French, until he was six. He also played football at Columbia.

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aw7MN TIL at Norway's maximum-security Halden Prison, prisoners are paid 53 kroner ($9) per day to leave their cells, which are equipped with a video game console, mini-fridge, and a window with no bars. Guard stations are tiny and cramped to encourage them to interact with the prisoners.
5Y0Q TIL Walmart store openings since 1962 mimic the patterns of a biological invasion or an epidemic.
OojjY TIL that a man choked to death after winning a cockroach-eating contest. In Florida. For a snake.
V8oZ TIL in 1982 a Los Angeles man named Larry Walters used a lawn chair and weather balloons to ascend to 15,000ft above ground. On the way up, he lost both his glasses and his bb gun, which he planned to use to shoot balloons to descend. He caused a 20min power outage, and was fined $1500.
VPn4 TIL Danny Glover used to drive a taxi. In 1999, he used his leverage as a former San Francisco cab driver to raise awareness about African Americans being passed over for white passengers.